[A little Hasidim boy being taken to the Synagogue for the first time, Brooklyn, New York]

Leonard Freed (1929-2006)

Date

1954
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 8 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.r. in blue ink: USA: 1977
u.c. in blue ink: habi[illeg.]an[illeg.]es [underlined]
u.l. to l.r.[ typed]: Hassidim of New York, [boxed in blue ink] the Last of the Holy Jews. BROOKLYN Oct. 77 Dist. 77-97 [underlined] \
Hassidim jews are the pious ones, they live in scrupulous accordance with the Code \ of Jewish Law, the way their acenstors did in Central Europe. The Lubavitcher \ Hassidim jews of Brooklyn are considered the Jesuits of the American Hassidic \ universe, their stronghold is in Crown Heits (sic) of Brooklyn. There exists a kind \ of open war between the Lubavitcher jews of Russian Polish descent who are pro \ Israel, and the Stmar Jews who originated from Hungary and who are mostly anti \ Israel. \ It is amazing that within a modernised American Society that they have managed \ to retain traditions in an eloping 20th century, although in America the nation \ which has given shelter to the puratin Quakers, the Amish, the Menonites (sic) and \ the Mormons many of these groups are trying to retain their identity. \ Photos by [illeg.] [scratched out in graphite] and Leonard FREED/MAGNUM
l.l. in graphite: 1954 [underlined] NEW YORK, NY.USA.
l.c. stamped in red ink [inside rectangular box]: Rogamos que, al publicar esta fotografía, se haga \ mención del NOMBRE DE SU AUTOR [underlined] [strike through in black ink]
l.l. stamped in black ink: VINTAGE PRINT
l.l. signed in graphite: Leonard Freed
l.l. stamped in black ink: ©Leonard Freed - Magnum
l.l. [typed]: Photo.8, a little Hassidim boy being taken to the Synagogue for the first \ time. Freed. 54.2.51/7a-8.
l. r. stamped in purple ink [inside rectangular box]: AGENCIA \ ZARDOYA \ [horizontal line] \ Cast[illeg.]ñor [illeg.]- BARCELONA -6
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Brigitte Freed
Accession Number

P2019.101
Copyright

© Leonard Freed - Magnum - Brigitte Freed

Location: Off view

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